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Help Using MT4G as mp3 player

LunchBB

LunchBB

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hey guys, what's your experience using MT4G as mp3 player? I tried it today. when the phone is locked in my pocket, the headphone play/pause, prev, next buttons won't work. Then, touching the power button will cause the screen turn on and accidentally hit the next track. Kinda annoying.

Anything to do to improve this experience so I don't have to carry a separate mp3 player?

Thanks
 
That's really weird. I haven't had those experiences using the stock media player. The only media player issue I have is when I'm in shuffle mode, it repeats songs a LOT. But, I figured out if you go into a playlist & select "play all" first, it doesn't repeat.
 
The stock player is good but i found that power amp is a much better player. The lock widget allows you to continue playing track and control them using headset controls just fine. plus you have the benefit of being able to control the equalizer settings.
 
Stock media play is fine. I was just asking about using the headphone with the remote control buttons on the headphone comes with the phone. After the phone is locked, those 3 buttons on the headphone becomes inactive.
 
Once again, your questions go unanswered...? Please excuse me for not providing answers, but I don't know because I haven't had the luxury of playing mp3s on the headphones much. Maybe one day...
 
Yeah it works locked. I use it all the time. You just need to turn the feature on (check use headphone controls) in the preferences.
 
I also don't have luck using the head phone with Cube even though I activate the headphone control feature.
 
Update: If this will help anyone who's having this issue, I found an app that works for me. Meridian media player. Funny thing is, I've had this app on my phone for months, just as a video player. The music player wasn't all that fancy, so I just wasn't using it. But I gave it a shot and it works. Buttons work locked or unlocked.
 
TakyBB said:
I also don't have luck using the head phone with Cube even though I activate the headphone control feature.
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Ok then. I guess I have a super awesome special phone that magically works then cause I use cubed with the screen locked all the time using the stock headphone controls. It must have been sprinkled with magic android dust. Lucky me ;)Lol.
 
behold_this said:
Ok then. I guess I have a super awesome special phone that magically works then cause I use cubed with the screen locked all the time using the stock headphone controls. It must have been sprinkled with magic android dust. Lucky me ;)Lol.
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Ok you can stop rubbing it in now.
 
Ok ok...just havin' some fun this beautiful monday morning. I do wonder what it might be causing the buttons not to work for you guys. I've looked all around for any other settings or apps that might be conflicting but no luck, and like I said, it works for me (not rubbing in). Guess I'm not gonna be much help to ya.

Just to clarify, the buttons do NOT work for me either when phone is locked, using the stock player (media room). This is a terrible flaw in the app, but it is the only player that I have had this problem with.
 
behold_this said:
Ok ok...just havin' some fun this beautiful monday morning. I do wonder what it might be causing the buttons not to work for you guys. I've looked all around for any other settings or apps that might be conflicting but no luck, and like I said, it works for me (not rubbing in). Guess I'm not gonna be much help to ya.

Just to clarify, the buttons do NOT work for me either when phone is locked, using the stock player (media room). This is a terrible flaw in the app, but it is the only player that I have had this problem with.
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Yeah me too. There's got to be a setting somewhere mucking it up. But mine has been this way since day one, before I had even loaded any apps or changed any settings. Strange.
 
You've had the Meridian all this while, and the headphones work on Meridian while the phone is locked, but not on the stock or other players? Betcha Meridian's intercepting the headphone commands and that if you uninstall Meridian or turn headphones off on it, the headphone commands will start working on the other players.
 
It's frustrated.. no luck on Cube, PowerAmp, and Meridian. None of them takes any buttons with the remote control buttons. On the Media Room program takes them when the player is the active program. ahhhh..

But then, I like PowerAmp with it's equilizer feature. It makes music output more dynamic and bass enhanced. Amazing bass with the little ear bug.. I think it worths $5.
 
I GOT IT I GOT IT

You have to go through all other media program installed to turn off the option to control the headphone buttons. I have MediaFly installed. After I turned off the headset control in the options, Meridian works. Now I put powerAmp back in, it works too.

Thank you guys!
 
TakyBB said:
I GOT IT I GOT IT

You have to go through all other media program installed to turn off the option to control the headphone buttons. I have MediaFly installed. After I turned off the headset control in the options, Meridian works. Now I put powerAmp back in, it works too.

Thank you guys!
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My friend, you and mingc have solved this problem. I also have a few different media players installed (because I've been trying to find the perfect one.) and each one has the buttons setting configured. I unchecked the option in all the different media players I had installed, and now the default media player works!

Funny thing starts happening now though. Now the default player works, I tried to re-enable the option in another app, like Meridian, and now, the buttons control BOTH apps. AT THE SAME TIME. So now, if I am playing a song in one app, and I hit the "next" button, it goes to the next song, AND a song starts playing in the other app. So I now have two songs playing at the same time. Interesting, but not fun.

So it seems now that it works, but I have to disable it in everything else to get it to work in media room (the default app). But if I enable it in anything else, it will work, but then start up media room any time I hit a button. Strage. But I can live with it.

Edit: If I kill all other media player apps, I can control the one I choose without others starting up music at the same time. Just bad programming.
 
LunchBB said:
I GOT IT I GOT IT
You have to go through all other media program installed to turn off the option to control the headphone buttons. I have MediaFly installed. After I turned off the headset control in the options, Meridian works. Now I put powerAmp back in, it works too.
Thank you guys!
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What exactly are "other media programs"? I have no other MP3 players installed, and the music controls still don't work when the device is locked.
 
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